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Anyone scared of wandering around their local area at night or, like the home secretary, are we all queueing up, er, with our minder, for kebabs?

It's true that someone else's patch always seems scarier. I've lived in Catford and Lewisham and both would be listed as no-go areas to someone from outside the area but I always felt fine when I was there. Even more so now in my relatively leafy Penge/Beckenham retreat. Having said that I rarely find myself in the High Street at midnight so it may be a false sense of security.

Yes i'm scared now and it makes me very angry as it restricts my social life. I don't care if this sounds racist or not - my problems revolve around afro-carribean men and eastern european men we've had in my area of late. I can't even buy a loaf of bread now without one creeping up next to me and reeling off a load of cheesy chat up lines and then following you. I hate it and it's unsettling and it happens all the time. I've had enough.

To counteract this argument and to clarify that i'm not a racist/anti-anything that is not the white english male (yawn - can't believe I have to always do this while explaining why I can't live the life I want to!) - everybody knows that 99.9% of serial killers are white males in their 30's and loners. (more yawning)
So unfortunately my stats tell me that due to the behaviour of afro-carribean men and eastern european men I can't go out like I used to. I know that I will not become a serial killer victim but I can look forward to an opportunist rape and robbery event.

P.S - I grew up in clockwork orange territory - 'not thamesmead!' they would cry and I would laugh - I never even had an xmas wreath stolen from my door and yet in the past year and a bit i've suffered nothing but bloody grief.
So this rather long rant concludes with there are no no-go areas just no-go people and they come in all shapes and colours (mine just happen to be the two categories mentioned)

*disclaimer - not all white english men are gentleman and not all afro-carribean men and EE men are rapists - this post is a reflection on my suffering as it stands.

P.S - i'm not gonna fall into the morrissey trap!

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there is nothing worse then someone saying to you 'ho ho don't worry! i'm not a loony!'
argh!
if you think someone might think you are stalking them just cross the road or go to a different bit of the platform.
all the loonies in my street are whiteys and we have a very large collection! (including one who told me he killed a boy and that's why he's a christian now and did i want to see something really scary? (i froze and he went ta-da and showed me his denim waistcoat covered in whitesnake/black sabbath/ rainbow patches) oh and another one who jumped on the back of a van i was in and rode down the street hanging onto the roof rack going woo hoo! and did i want a magic crystal?
um. they are my special friends.
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